Guatteria schomburgkiana Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Guatteria

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It can be 18 m tall. The flowers occur singly. The fruit stalks are 0.7 cm long. There are 3-15 fruit. They are round or oval and 0.8 cm long y 0.7 cm wide. They are dark purple to black. The fruit are edible and sweet tasting.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Savannah and savannah woodland. In savannah-like vegetations (cerrado, campina, caatinga, campinarana), non-inundated, primary or secondary forest, or periodically inundated forest, often on white sandy soils; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in the savanna. In Colombia it grows between 100-140 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Guatteria schomburgkiana world distribution map, present in Brazil

Conservation status

Guatteria schomburgkiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73626-1
WFO ID wfo-0000711541
COL ID 3HJWC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732542
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Synonyms

Annona hostmannii Cananga schomburgkiana Guatteria sandwithii Guatteria flavovirens Guatteria sessilis Guatteria spruceana Guatteria vestita Guatteria schomburgkiana var. angustifolia Guatteria schomburgkiana var. latifolia Guatteria schomburgkiana var. holosericea Guatteria schomburgkiana